Movie Times

It must be Movie Day in Mudville - this will be the third post to discuss films and videos.

The London Times:

A MASKED British gunman claiming to be fighting with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan appeared on an Arabic satellite channel yesterday describing how he killed a team of US Special Forces.
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Security services here will study the broadcast to try to identify the man. UK intelligence agencies admit that they do not know how many Britons are with terrorist outfits abroad. This alleged fighter, who did not reveal his identity but spoke in a broad northern accent, described how he took part in the attack on a US Chinook helicopter in June.
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He is wearing combat fatigues and his face is covered by a balaclava. The fighter was then joined on screen by another man who also claimed to be British and who spoke with a Northern Ireland accent.

The mens? identities and nationalities could not be confirmed last night. Al-Arabiya did not say when these men when or where the pair were filmed. The two were also flanked by a French-born fighter who echoed the Britons? threats.

Another happy thought from the story:

Up to 3,000 young Britons are said to have been trained at al-Qaeda camps in countries like Afghanistan, according to Sir John Stevens, the recently retired Scotland Yard commissioner. Intelligence agencies admit that they do not know what happened to most of these volunteers. None of the Britons who attended these training camps were arrested on their return home.

LONDON, Aug. 5 - Prime Minister Tony Blair promised new measures on Friday to close down mosques and bar or deport clerics deemed to be fostering hatred and violence, bringing Britain's antiterrorism policy more into line with some of its neighbors' and answering critics who say the country has sheltered Islamic extremists for years.

He also said two Islamic organizations would be banned. A global list would be drawn up of people "whose activities or views pose a threat to Britain's security," and they would be kept out of Britain.
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In addition, Mr. Blair said that any foreigners in Britain in "active engagement" with those sites or groups would be considered for deportation. He did not say how Britain would define the term extremist.
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Mr. Blair suggested that the new deportation powers would bring Britain into line with the procedures prevalent among some of its critics - notably France - which have said that terrorists have been given free rein here to plot attacks. "France and Spain, to name just two other European countries, do deport by administrative decision. The effect is often immediate," he said.

A question to which this seems the only reply: "We'll always have Paris Kabul."